Man City begin work on 10 million pound training facility for women s team

Manchester City will build a training facility for their Womens Super League side at the City Football Academy training centre, the English club said on Tuesday.

The facility will have a total value of up to 10 million pounds ($12.92 million) and is expected to open next season.

Once complete the facility will feature a hydrotherapy area, a high-performance gym and a circular dressing room designed to enhance player development, City said in a statement.

It has also been tailored to meet the specific needs of the team, with a range of first team multi-disciplinary experts, including members of the first team squad, heavily consulted during the planning stage.

Citys womens team previously shared facilities with the mens and academy sides.

Weve obviously gone from an amazing facility which has gotten us to this point, but its time for us to move on from that now and expand as a team by giving us our own space to work from, City captain Alex Greenwood said.

Right from the start weve been involved quite a lot so we could discuss whats going to be in there and whats necessary.

City won the WSL in 2016 and have finished runners-up in the competition seven times. They have also won four Womens FA Cup titles as well as four Womens League Cups.

They sacked head coach Gareth Taylor on Monday with the team fourth in the WSL standings.

Former City womens coach Nick Cushing will replace Taylor on an interim basis. City next play on Saturday when they face Chelsea in the League Cup final. REUTERS

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